Actually, not so much One Darn Thing After Another as just Everything At Once, really. Household and work and everything got very intense last week. I am ready for a rest now please thank you (but it's not coming just yet). Armin was in Davos, as happens every January, and it's really quite striking that… Continue reading OTDAA: 5 things 28.1.19

Spending a husband-less week with my kids cannot in any fair world be called "single parenting", because I am well aware that it Does Not Compare even slightly to the extreme strain of actual single parenting. But "solo parenting" is arguably slightly less egregious, and a useful shorthand, so indulge me, okay? I am solo parenting… Continue reading Flying solo: 5 things 21.1.18

So much for getting back into the swing of things – between a stomach virus cutting a swathe through the family, and then chicken pox finally catching up with Claudia, I've been stuck at home and about 20% productivity the whole week. Not at all fun. Somehow we still managed to celebrate Max's birthday (though… Continue reading That was the week that wasn’t: 5 things 14.1.19

New year, new overwhelming sense of everything I would like to be Different 365 days from now, even though I am explicitly rejecting resolutions, goals, challenges or anything of that ilk. Ah, January. I managed to finish mending the quilt (again) this weekend, meeting my self-imposed deadline of "before the next year really kicks off".… Continue reading It has begun: 5 things 7.1.18

We've done an excellent job in the past week of resting and recharging – just holing up and quietly enjoying each other's company and doing whatever we feel like. Sudden chickenpox onset thwarted certain plans (Grampa visit, circus, theatre), which is a bit rubbish, but the invalid seems to be feeling completely fine (though itchy)… Continue reading The obligatory 2018 round-up: 31.12.18

Happy Christmas! It is, actually. Even with a very small family celebration, it always feels like a crapshoot; you can do the same things in the same way and still somehow the mood is just a bit crap. But when it's good, our quiet little cozy day, it's lovely. And this year is lovely. Santa… Continue reading Gud yul: 5 things that went right, 25.12.18

I've been feeling stressed lately (in case you hadn't noticed), but the thing is, it's pretty much all self-inflicted. So there's been a tough project at work, with a few late nights and a lot of compromises. So what. I can do the late nights from the comfort of my own home, and nobody but… Continue reading Still learning: 5 things 14.12.18